Cosmonaut

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UB Retro Fizz 1920 7oz
Ingredients:
2 fl oz Hayman's London Dry Gin
3/4 fl oz Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
3 barspoon Raspberry jam
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How to make:

  1. Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
  2. Prepare garnish of skewered raspberry.
  3. STIR all ingredients in base of shaker to dissolve jam.
  4. SHAKE with ice.
  5. FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  6. Garnish with skewered raspberry.

Strength & taste guide:


Review:

It's rich in both colour and flavour. Don't scrimp on the quality of raspberry jam; use three flat barspoons (15-20ml). Sasha's original recipe specifies Bonne Maman Raspberry Conserve.

History:

Adapted from a recipe created by Sasha Petraske at his Milk & Honey bar in New York City, USA.

In Georgette Moger-Petraske's 2016 Sasha Petraske Regarding Cocktails, Michael Madrusan, who worked alongside Sasha at Milk & Honey, says of the Cosmonaut, "Sasha named it as a jab towards the popularity of the Cosmopolitan, which this drink, Emphatically, is not."

Cosmonaut
2 oz (60 ml) gin
¾ oz (22 ml) fresh lemon juice
1 heaping bar spoon raspberry preserves
Combine the gin, lemon juice, and preserves in a chilled cocktail shaker, fill with ice, and shake vigorously until the drink is sufficiently chilled. Strain into a chilled coupe.

Georgette Moger-Petraske, Sasha Petraske Regarding Cocktails, 2016

Alcohol content:

  • 1.3 standard drinks
  • 22.03% alc./vol. (44.06° proof)
  • 18.2 grams of pure alcohol
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